SURVIAC E-News is an electronic publication that presents items of interest to members of the survivability/vulnerability community.  If you have an upcoming event, an S/V-related publication or website, or anything that might be of interest to the SURVIAC E-News audience, email us and let us know.

Sponsoring Organizations:

• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
• Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO) (Accessible to .mil domains only)
• Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness (JTCG/ME) (User registration Required)

Institution:

• Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center (SURVIAC)

Survivability:

• CROWS = Videogame + Vehicle + Real Guns (Defense Industry Daily-20 May 08)
• Army Exhibits High-tech Gear for Armed Forces Day (Army News-19 May 08)
• General Dynamics Delivers First Unmanned Surface Vehicle to U.S. Navy for Littoral Combat Ship
  (Yahoo News-19 May 08)
• U.S. Army Awards Gyrocam(R) Systems $302 Million VOSS II Contract (Yahoo News-19 May 08)
• U.S. Army Installing $1.5B Worth of Sensor Towers (Defense News-19 May 08)
• Pulsed Detonation Engine Flies Into History (Air Force Link-16 May 08)

Lethality:

• Laser Gunship Blasts Beams, Preps for '08 Flight Test (Wired-19 May 08)
• Metal Storm Conducts Electromagnetic Interference Tests on Its 40mm Munitions (Yahoo News-19 May 08)
• MQ-9 Reaper Drops First GPS-Guided Weapon (Air Force Link-19 May 08)
• Combat Hammer Offers Opportunity to Evaluate Precision-Guided Munitions (Air Force Link-16 May 08)

Homeland Security:

• Telephonics APS-143C(V)3 Accepted as Integral Sensor on USCG HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Yahoo News-19 May 08)
• DHS Awards $844 Million to Secure Nation's Critical Infrastructure (DHS.gov-16 May 08)
• Public Still in the Dark When it Comes to Dirty Bomb Threat
  (National Defense Featured Magazine Article-June 2008)

Space Survivability:

• The USA’s GPS-III Satellites (Defense Industry Daily-20 May 08)
• U.S. Military Cites Growing China Space, Cyber Threat (Reuters-20 May 08)
• Air Force Weighs Options to Meet Skyrocketing Bandwidth Demand
  (National Defense Featured Magazine Article-June 2008)

Modeling & Simulation:

• InterSense Technology Deployed at U.S. Army's Fort Benning Soldier Battle Lab (Yahoo News-16 May 08)

Information:

• Aircraft Survivability Journal (Spring 2008[.pdf format])
• SURVIAC Dynamic Events Calendar
• Manage subscriptions or request SURVIAC publications

News & Upcoming Events:

• New SURVIAC Vulnerability Toolkit Released! Includes updates to the Fast Shotline Generator (FASTGEN), Computation of Vulnerable Area Tool (COVART), and the Combat Assessment Tool (CAT).  POC: James Davis,(937) 255-3828 x278. Email: davis_jim@bah.com
• SURVIAC Liaison Workshop, 14-16 Jul 08, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.  Click here for more...

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